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The Book of Psalms

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- Chapter 8 -

How majestic is your name!

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Yahweh our Lord, people all over the world know that you are very great! We see your greatness every time we look toward the heavens!
2
You have taught little children and infants to praise you; they cause your enemies and those who try to get revenge on you to be silent.
3
I look up at the sky at night and see the things that you have made, the moon and the stars that you have set in place.
4
It is amazing to me that you think about people, that you are concerned about us humans!
5
You made the angels in heaven to be only a little more important than we are; you caused us to be like kings!
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You put us in charge of everything that you made; you gave us authority over all things,
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the sheep and the cattle, and even the wild animals,
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the birds, the fish, and everything else that swims in the seas.
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Yahweh our Lord, people all over the world know that you are very great!

How majestic is your name!

1
LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!
2
From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
3
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
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what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
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For you have made him a little lower than the angels,(a) and crowned him with glory and honor.
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You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
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All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
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the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
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LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Footnotes

(a)8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7 .